arows going off to the left after new kit can u help pls

[teddybear]

hi i have bort vatel x-pert magnetic rest as soon as i fitted it my arrows go wide left and then the fletches fish tail and it gos strator i have bort shibuya dx gold tip button how do i fit the button and i hope that will stop my arrows going let, i have just bin told at my club i can go from 20m to 30m now as befor i fitted the rest i was getting gold and a nice tight groom not bull gold throw lol thank you so much

[dino1300]

Download the easton tuning guide from http://www.eastonarchery.com

It will give you all the set up information that you need.

[teddybear]

than you so much it compacted but im working it out thanks again

[dino1300]

If you are having issues with that tuning guide, then:

With the shibuya button, loosen the inner grub screw on the end peice, and tighen it up (finger tight) to the main barrel. This will stop you loosing your tuning if it ever comes loose, you just have to tighten it back up again. Then retighten the inner grub screw.

1) Put a bit of tape / sticker on the inside of the top limb, near the handle. Use a ruler to mark the middle of the limb.

2) Place the bow so the top limb is hooked onto something like the back of a high chair / shelf , so that you can put an arrow on the rest with only the tip of the bottom limb and the top limb in contact with anything.

3) Stand behind the bow and with one eye, line the string up with the mark on the riser. When you look down to the arrow on the rest, you want to be able to see the tip of arrow outside the string ( to the left for a right handed archer). The tip should look like it is touching the string. Wind the button in and out untill this is acheived. Tighten the grub screw on the in-out adjuster.

4) Now move the sight pin so it sits directly over the arrow tip. i.e. Also outdide the string and the side of the ring look like it is touching the string.

5) The button preasure should come at a medium setting. This is dificult to describe but it should feel firm without being hard. Adjust it using the large grub screw on the end of the button, remembering to loosen the small grub screw holding it.

Once you have done this, then the bow should be reasonably set up. The arrow flight can be 'tuned', but ask an archer at the club.

[geoffretired]

Do you shoot left handed or right handed? What is happening to your arrows could be caused by the rest but knowing which hand you shoot will help.

[teddybear]

I'm right handed i added a magnetic arrow rest to my bow and i used the same arrows the arrows i bleave it is called fish tailed to the ex stream left all most misted my target at less than 20M. the point of the arrow shot off to the right and the Fletch part court up with it a bit i got the rest to try and sort it out lol now the sticky bit has stopped working and it fell off as i was pulling the bow lucky i not let go then it fall off i have emailed them about that to day no reply will phone them 2mw.
i have put the ariginal rest back on its black and has a huck on the end of what i would call its arm.

[hooktonboy]

Originally Posted by teddybear

I'm right handed i added a magnetic arrow rest to my bow and i used the same arrows the arrows i bleave it is called fish tailed to the ex stream left all most misted my target at less than 20M. the point of the arrow shot off to the right and the Fletch part court up with it a bit i got the rest to try and sort it out lol now the sticky bit has stopped working and it fell off as i was pulling the bow lucky i not let go then it fall off i have emailed them about that to day no reply will phone them 2mw.
i have put the ariginal rest back on its black and has a huck on the end of what i would call its arm.

Did you have the magnetic rest AND the button on when the arrow flight was really bad? Sorry if that's a dumb question.

[teddybear]

if u imagine like the old heat seeking missiles when they were lunched they lost the lock then hat to fined it then track a bit like the it straitened up when the fletching Cort up with the way the point is going, when i first go the rest i had no button the rest hades a little round bit that sticks out a lil that the bit the arrow rest on contets too

[dino1300]

What might have been happening is that when you put the new rest on, you did not line the centre of the arrow up with the centre of the button.

If it was too high, then on release the arrow can actually fly above the button, effectively removing the button altogether.

If it was too low, then the arrow can get jammed between the tip of the button and the rest. This would cause awful arrow flight, the fletches to snag on the rest, and eventually rip the rest off. I suspect this is what might have happened.

[geoffretired]

Teddybear, the rests you have used sound like the simple type, often fitted to beginners' bows. There is nothing much wrong with them.
If you bought a button, you will need a rest, with a hole in the fitting plate, so the button can fit through that hole. I think the magnetic one will have that hole.
String the bow and put an arrow on the rest. Stand the bow against a chair or something so the arrow stays properly on the rest and touching the button.View your bow from behind so you can see the string line running right down the middle of the limbs.Part of the point of the arrow should appear on the left hand side of the string; not all of the point.
When you look from the side, the point of the arrow should appear to be very slightly lower than the nock. That will be fairly well set up. Shoot your arrows and see how they fly. If they are no better, write back on the forum.